Download YouTube subtitles (GreaseMonkey/TamperMonkey script)

download-youtube-subtitles.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Download YouTube subtitles
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Now you can download YouTube subtitles
// @author       André Kugland
// @match        http*://*.youtube.com/*
// @grant        none
// @require      https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/FileSaver.min.js#sha256=bbf27552b76b9379c260579fa68793320239be2535ba3083bb67d75e84898e18
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

        const buttonId = 'download-subtitles-userscript';
    const parentSelector = 'ytd-transcript-footer-renderer div#label-text.yt-dropdown-menu';
    const buttonSelector = '#' + buttonId;

    function formatOffset(offset, sep) {
        sep = sep || '.';
        const millis = offset % 1000;
        offset = Math.floor(offset / 1000);
        const seconds = offset % 60;
        offset = Math.floor(offset / 60);
        const minutes = offset % 60;
        const hours = Math.floor(offset / 60);

        return (`${hours < 10 ? '0' : ''}${hours}:`
              + `${minutes < 10 ? '0' : ''}${minutes}:`
              + `${seconds < 10 ? '0' : ''}${seconds}${sep}`
              + `${millis < 100 ? '0' : ''}${millis < 10 ? '0' : ''}${millis}`);
    }

    function absorbEvent(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        event.stopPropagation();
    }

    function getSubtitles() {
        const cueElements = document.querySelectorAll('.cues > div[start-offset]');
        const cues = Array.from(cueElements, elm => ({
            startOffset: parseInt(elm.getAttribute('start-offset')),
            text: elm.innerHTML.trim(),
        }));
        const result = cues.map(cue => `${formatOffset(cue.startOffset)} --> ${cue.text}`).join('\n');

        return result;
    }

    function saveSubtitles(text) {
        const blob = new Blob([text], {type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8"});
        window.saveAs(blob, "subtitle.txt");
    }

    function createButton() {
        if (document.querySelector(buttonSelector)) { return; }
        const parentElement = document.querySelector(parentSelector);
        if (!parentElement) { return; }
        const button = document.createElement('div');
        button.id = 'download-subtitles-userscript';
        button.innerText = 'Download';
        button.style.textTransform = 'uppercase';
        button.style.display = 'inline-block';
        button.style.fontSize = '80%';
        button.style.margin = '0rem 1rem';
        button.style.letterSpacing = '0.05rem';
        button.style.cursor = 'pointer';
        button.addEventListener('mousedown', absorbEvent);
        button.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
            absorbEvent(event);
            saveSubtitles(getSubtitles());
        });
        parentElement.append(button);
    }

    // Select the node that will be observed for mutations
    const targetNode = document.querySelector('#panels');

    // Create an observer instance linked to the callback function
    const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => {
        for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
            if (mutation.target.tagName === 'IRON-DROPDOWN') {
                createButton();
            }
        }
    });

    // Start observing the target node for configured mutations
    observer.observe(targetNode, {
        childList: true,
        subtree: true,
    });
})();